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Career mariner embraces life shoreside

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 3 min read

Don Croal: ‘After 45 years, it’s still an adventure, not just a job.’ By Hilary Reeves Across the street from Dornsford (Don) Croal’s childhood home in Guyana lived a ship captain and merchant mariner who would one day change his

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Claims Controller finds passion in lost freight

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 3 min read

Army veteran Laticia Rowe joined NAC 18 years ago after settling in Alaska. By Hilary Reeves It took Northern Air Cargo Claims Controller Laticia Rowe decades to find her dream career. Born and raised in Central Florida, she is the

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Carlile truckers named among best in Alaska

January 24, 2020 9 min read

Michael Brad Hinkes and Jeremy Welton went on to place 14th and 18th places, respectively, in their categories at the National Truck Driving Championships in Pittsburgh last summer. By Hilary Reeves Michael Brad Hinkes is one of the safest cargo

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NAC Captain takes life one adventure at a time

January 10, 2020January 15, 2020 8 min read

Soldier, musician, pilot (and amateur herpetologist) Adam Townley-Wren began flying for Aloha Air Cargo in 2014. By Hilary Reeves Northern Air Cargo 767 Captain Adam Townley-Wren was born in New Orleans to parents who met playing drums in Tulane University’s

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Saltchuk analyst weighs risks versus rewards

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 5 min read

Former collegiate baseball player Jonny Locher found home at Saltchuk. By Hilary Reeves Saltchuk Senior Financial Analyst Jonny Locher’s first love wasn’t business – it was baseball. “My dream since elementary school was to play baseball for Stanford and then

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HR Director joins Saltchuk ranks

December 26, 2019February 12, 2022 6 min read

Erin Kittleman spent 22 years at Esterline before changing course last spring. By Hilary Reeves Senior Director of Human Resources Erin Kittleman joined the tight-knit ranks of Saltchuk’s Seattle headquarters in May. Formerly Vice President of the Control & Communications

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Married couple Lan, left, and Ko are both cargo pilots for Northern Air Cargo.

Married NAC cargo pilots took different routes to heavy-jet dreams

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 8 min read

Ko and Lan pilot Boeing 767s from Honolulu and Miami. By Hilary Reeves Hongchul An (Ko) and Ran An (Lan) have many things in common: they were both born and raised in Tokyo, emigrating to the United States as teenagers.

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‘He got goosebumps and instantly teared up.’

September 6, 2019March 10, 2022 6 min read

NAC’s Trisha Reyes’s familial discovery led her on a hunt for Foss treasure. By Hilary Reeves Trisha Reyes’s father Richard “Dick” Banks peppered her childhood with stories of the months he spent aboard a tugboat bound for Vietnam in 1966.

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The Saltchuk family of companies

September 18, 2018September 25, 2018 0 min read

Visit our website to learn more about the Saltchuk family of companies. To learn more about career opportunities at Saltchuk companies, visit the Saltchuk Job Board.

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ABOUT THE MAGAZINE

People of Saltchuk was created in 2014 to highlight the hard working people dedicated to making Saltchuk companies the best in their industries. We think the transportation industry is fascinating, and hope you find the stories here interesting, inspiring and enlightening as you learn about the companies and people that make up the Saltchuk family. If you have a suggestion for a feature, please > contact Emily Reiter

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

HILARY REEVES

Hilary Reeves spent 10 years as a newspaper reporter and editor before joining the Saltchuk family of companies as a consultant. Since People of Saltchuk launched in 2014, Reeves has interviewed more than 200 Saltchuk employees from operating companies all over the world. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Reeves is a former president of both the collegiate and local professional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists, a graduate of the Society’s Ted Scripps Leadership Institute, and a Toastmaster. When she’s not writing, she loves to read, ski, and practice the piano. She lives in West Seattle with her husband and two young daughters.

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